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  • Kennedy called his presidential directives National Security Action Memoranda or NSAMs. Lyndon Johnson kept the name during his tenure in the White House .

  • Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford called their presidential directives National Security Decision Memoranda or NSDMs.

  • Jimmy Carter simply called his orders Presidential Directives or PDs.

  • Ronald Reagan used the title National Security Decision Directives or NSDDs.

  • George H. W. Bush called them National Security Directives or NSDs.

  • Bill Clinton called them Presidential Decision Directives or PDDs.

  • George W. Bush issues National Security Presidential Directives or NSPDs. After September 11, 2001, he issued '''Homeland Security Presidential Directives''' or HSPDs, with the consent of the Homeland Security Council . The first such directive created the Homeland Security Council while the second changed Immigration policies to combat Terrorism .



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